Danbury dental office to make changes to comply with ADA

Blake and Kiersten Winokur stand in the new offices of Rolling Hills Dentistry on North Street in Danbury, Conn., on Friday, May 5, 2017.

Blake and Kiersten Winokur stand in the new offices of Rolling Hills Dentistry on North Street in Danbury, Conn., on Friday, May 5, 2017.

Photo: Chris Bosak / Hearst Connecticut Media

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Blake and Kiersten Winokur stand in the new offices of Rolling Hills Dentistry on North Street in Danbury, Conn., on Friday, May 5, 2017.

Blake and Kiersten Winokur stand in the new offices of Rolling Hills Dentistry on North Street in Danbury, Conn., on Friday, May 5, 2017.

Photo: Chris Bosak / Hearst Connecticut Media

Danbury dental office to make changes to comply with ADA

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DANBURY — A settlement agreement was reached and announced Friday that resolved accusations that a city dental office were not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to federal authorities.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private entities that own or operate places of public accommodation from discriminating on the basis of disability. The federal law authorizes the U.S. Department of Justice to, among other things, investigate complaints of possible violations.

The agreement was reached with Blake I. Winokur, doing business as Rolling Hills Dentistry, and its landlord, 53 North St., according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham.

The settlement agreement results a complaint filed by an individual with physical disabilities who uses a wheelchair, the news release said.

The complainant alleged that when he got inside the building where Rolling Hills Dentistry is located, he couldn’t get to the dental office because it could only be accessed by a staircase.

Under the terms of the agreement, the landlord of Rolling Hills Dentistry will install AC-compliant platform lifts at each of the two staircases in the interior of the building. Minor ADA-compliance issues in its patient bathroom will also be resolved.

Durham thanked the owners and management of the dental office for cooperating with the investigation, and in the commitment to fix the issues raised by the investigation without litigation.

Any member of the public who wants to file a complaint allegedly ADA non-compliance can call 203-821-3700.

More information about the ADA can be found at www.ada.gov or by calling the justice department’s toll-free information line at 800-514-0301. The TTY number is 800-514-0383.